Hello and Happy New Year:
I have a relatively familiar problem with my External HD: my shiny new laptop doesn't want to allow me to use it normally. I have procured a little information from searching to little avail.
The HD's permissions are R&W for 'everyone'. The 1TB HD is a WD My Passport brand. My original use for it was with my Macbook (which I still have), and it is my primary back up. It has no drive letter. My PC with Windows 8 does see the drive in Device Manager/Computer Management.
I have tried to get to "Change Drive Menu and Paths", which is, of course, greyed out. The only option I have is to change it to a Dynamic Disk....
So the obvious questions: will Dynamic Disk delete all my files on my EHD or not? If this is not the method what should I try from here?
I have a relatively familiar problem with my External HD: my shiny new laptop doesn't want to allow me to use it normally. I have procured a little information from searching to little avail.
The HD's permissions are R&W for 'everyone'. The 1TB HD is a WD My Passport brand. My original use for it was with my Macbook (which I still have), and it is my primary back up. It has no drive letter. My PC with Windows 8 does see the drive in Device Manager/Computer Management.
I have tried to get to "Change Drive Menu and Paths", which is, of course, greyed out. The only option I have is to change it to a Dynamic Disk....
So the obvious questions: will Dynamic Disk delete all my files on my EHD or not? If this is not the method what should I try from here?